Sylas vs Fiddlesticks
How to Beat Fiddlesticks as Sylas
based on 2,424 Sylas vs Fiddlesticks matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Fiddlesticks Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Fiddlesticks Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Fiddlesticks as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Fiddlesticks
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Sylas vs Fiddlesticks Counter Stats
How to Counter Fiddlesticks with Sylas in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some vital Sylas versus Fiddlesticks matchup stats that may help us understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Fiddlesticks’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Fiddlesticks. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Sylas usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Fiddlesticks. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sylas and Fiddlesticks
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Who is Better, Sylas or Fiddlesticks?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sylas usually wins when trying to fight Fiddlesticks, with a 52.4% win rate. Thus, Sylas makes a good counter for Fiddlesticks.
While Sylas does have a higher winrate compared to Fiddlesticks, when on opposite teams, Sylas also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You should be be fine when picking Sylas into Fiddlesticks.
Furthermore, Sylas also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Fiddlesticks. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Fiddlesticks matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Sylas is an above average counter to Fiddlesticks. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sylas against Fiddlesticks.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sylas in order to counter Fiddlesticks during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas typically racks up much more CS relative to Fiddlesticks. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Sylas versus Fiddlesticks build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Sylas incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Fiddlesticks than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average win rate of 52.4% when playing against Fiddlesticks with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Fiddlesticks as Sylas, you should equip the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Sylas vs Fiddlesticks counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.4% win rate overall.
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